Resources
Everything here is free. Take what fits. Share what helps.
Whether you’re deepening your own practice or teaching it to others, these guides are designed to travel — into notebooks, onto bulletin boards, into circles of people who could use fifteen seconds of noticing.
For Readers
These guides distill the practice into a form you can carry.
Print them, fold them, leave them somewhere you’ll see in the morning.
Start the practice, or return to it.
microgratitude Pocket Guide
A pocket guide to the three-step practice — Notice, Detail, Appreciate. Designed to be folded, carried, and referred back to anytime a refresher is needed.
Be sure to print double sided for ease of carrying around!
Noticing: A Starter Guide
For readers who want a slower entry into the first step. Exercises and prompts for the first week of practice.
For Facilitators
For anyone guiding a group through the practice.
These materials are free to download and use with any group you’re leading — a classroom, a recovery circle, a wellness program, a team. If you’re placing Microgratitude somewhere it can do real work, we’d love to know where it’s going.
Facilitator Guide: Adult
Session outline, discussion prompts, and facilitation notes for adult groups — workplace wellness, recovery, community circles.
Facilitator Guide: High School
Adapted for 14–18 year olds. Same practice, different language. Includes notes on classroom integration and group dynamics.
Participant Guide: Adult
Session outline, discussion prompts, and facilitation notes for adult groups — workplace wellness, recovery, community circles.
Participant Guide: High School
Adapted for 14–18 year olds. Same practice, different language. Includes notes on classroom integration and group dynamics.
Go Deeper
Macro info on microgratitude
The book’s appendix exists because some readers need the mechanism before they trust the practice. This section goes further — full references, open-access papers where available, and recommended reading from the researchers and writers who shaped the thinking behind Microgratitude.
Neuroscience Primer
A standalone excerpt from the appendix. Covers the amygdala–hippocampus interplay, the 15–25 word specificity range, and why vocalization strengthens emotional encoding.
Research References
The studies cited in the book, with links to abstracts and full-text papers where freely available.